While it has taken almost a year, the non-profit Encyclopedia of Life project launched recently. It gained so much attention, that the site quickly crashed. During five-and-a-half hours, the site logged 11.5 million hits.
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Visa to Issue Largest IPO in the US History
Visa, Inc. announced recently that it would soon go ahead with a much-anticipated IPO of about half its shares. This would make it the single biggest IPO in United States history…
Japan launches WINDS satellite
An earlier H-IIA launch Image: Naritama, GFDL A Japanese H-IIA carrier rocket has successfully launched the Wideband InterNetworking test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) experimental communication satellite. WINDS, also known as Kizuna, is a Japanese spacecraft intended to relay Internet access to homes and organisations in Japan, as part of a programme known as i-Space. It […]
Mozilla Firefox Celebrates 500 Million Downloads
The Mozilla Firefox browser has been downloaded 500 million times. The Firefox community is celebrating this by raising 500 million grains of rice at FreeRice. This would feed 25,000 people for a day. To support the cause, simply go to FreeRice.com and play the game. You have to guess the meaning of the word displayed. […]
Disabled Spy Satellite Destroyed
The modified SM-3 missile was launched from the USS Lake Erie to intercept the crippled satellite The United States Navy has successfully destroyed a crippled spy satellite in a decaying orbit, by intercepting it with a missile. A modified SM-3 missile was launched from the USS Lake Erie at 03:26 GMT this morning, and intercepted […]
Mission Accomplished!
Landing of STS-122 Source: NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis completes mission STS-122 Space Shuttle Atlantis landed on runway 15 of the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, completing the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Landing occurred at the earliest opportunity today, with Atlantis touching down at 14:07:10 GMT (09:07:10 local time), following a […]